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Jonathon Klein (@Jonathon_Klein) fills in this week while Jeff tends to his dog (not a euphamism). We discuss the newly unveiled BMW M2, how the ATS-V stacks up against it's teutonic competition in the form of the C63 S and M3, Jonathon gives us his take on the CTS-V, the future of the Z28 and GT350R are speculated upon and Jonathon takes the Fiesta ST project out for a test drive.

Mr. Regular and Roman himself join hosts Jeff and Chris in the podcast studio this week. It's a longer episode to make up for the two weeks we took off.

Let's not list what was discussed here... just hit play and ENTER THE WORLD OF MR. REGULAR

Tony Angelo joins us in the podcast studio this week, and listen up because the man knows how to drive and turn wrenches. Tony comes to California by way of the Philly and New Jersey. He is one of Drifting's pioneering drivers here in the States, and he started the Drift Alliance crew which continues to kick sideways ass to this day. Tony is currently the host of Hot Rod Garage on the Motortrend YouTube Channel, where his truck RollSmokey just got some sweet diesel life breathed into it.

This man is a lover of cars and we could've kept talking to him for hours... we'll have Tony back on soon.

Bentley releases a new SUV called the Bent-a-guy, so we have to talk about that. There's a new Forza game, so we have to talk about that. Oh, and Mr. Regular had the greatest coverage of a Corvette show ever... ever.

Jeff and Chris are joined in the podcast studio by Mark Baruth. Yes, there is more than one of them out there, and Mark is the one with less facial hair and more musical talent it would seem. Mark is an editor at the Truth About Cars, and he's also written some content for Jalopnik. He's also the proud owner of a Ford Flex, Ford Mustang Boss 302, and a Ford Fiesta ST, and he's capable of wheeling all three quite well.

Our chatter this starts with talk of the new Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk... and then it rambles all over the place from there.

Jeff Glucker, Chris Hayes, and Blake Rong are replaced for this episode with passable facsimilies in the form of Bradley Brownell, Jason Connor, and Cameron VanDerHorst of the Cammed & Tubbed podcast (also on Hooniverse.com every Friday morning at 7:30). We were joined by our interesting guest, Stef Schrader (@StefThePef on twitter) of BlackFlag and Jalopnik fame. 

Discussion ranges from Jeff's Audi S7 and Jason's Audi A3 Cabriolet excursion out to El Mirage. Magnus Walker crashing his now-iconic #277. And we mourn the passing of Justin Wilson, a truly unique and genuinely enthusiastic motor racing driver. 

In memoriam of Justin Wilson's passing we're re-running our April 2014 podcast with him.

While Jeff is out racing Miatas Mr. Jonathon Klein (@jonathon_klein) of Boldride joins me in studio to talk Pebble Beach. While still ailing from a broken shoulder Jonathon still managed to convince Bugatting to give him some seat time in a Veyron Gran Sporte Vitesse, in addition Jonathon gives us his take on the 2015 VW Touareg TDI. There was a lot unveiled at Pebble and we talk about the ubiquity of McLarens, Aston Martin's new DBX, the new M4 GTS concept (with water/meth injection), the M2, the much delayed Acura NSX and a comparison of the heavyweights in the hypercar realm, the Veyron, Koenigsegg 1:1 and the Hennessey Venom GT.

Pro Racer Duncan Ende joins us in the studio, exactly 100 episodes after he first hopped on the mic with us in episode 16. Ende is currently racing through the Pirelli World Challenge Season behind the wheel of a Ferrari 458 Italia GT3. There are three racing weekends left, so we're lucky to have Duncan stop by.

Alongside Duncan, friend of Hooniverse and BoldRide.com Editor Jonathon Klein swings by the studio. Klein was recently in a bit of a scrape of the two-wheel variety, and we chat about that for a bit.

Gale Banks is a man who knows what it takes for an engine to create power. He's been in the business of creating reliable and powerful engines for decades now, and the man has incredible stories to share. Gale was a guest awhile back on Episode 21 and now he's come back to share more of his wonderful insight and knowledge.

Banks is one of our favorite guests, and we could easily turn this into a three-hour podcast episode. Alas, it can't last forever and Gale had to run off to have dinner that evening with his good friend Syd Mead.

Yup, he's more fascinating than you even knew...